Accessibility / assistive AIaccessibility and inclusive educationParticipation documented

Content Accessibility (I-Stem)

Bengaluru, India

I-Stem presents itself as a disability-centered innovation hub and grounds its accessibility tools in the lived experiences and priorities of people with disabilities.

disability justiceinclusive designaccessibilityproblem formulationproduct designdeploymentevaluation

Project documentation Evidence source

Overview

Region: Asia
Lead organization: I-Stem Foundation
Organization type: nonprofit / social enterprise
Technology group: document accessibility and conversion
Activity status: active
Start year: 2020
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026

Participation documentation

Participation mode: disability-led design + lived-experience-driven development
Participants: People with disabilities; disability advocates; accessibility practitioners
Methods: disability-led ideation; lived-experience design; testing; platform iteration
AI lifecycle stages: problem formulation; product design; deployment; evaluation
Evidence summary: I-Stem presents itself as a disability-centered innovation hub and grounds its accessibility tools in the lived experiences and priorities of people with disabilities.
Atlas assessment: Core · High confidence · evidence grade A
Uncertainty: Public evidence indicates that stakeholders directly shaped AI design, data, deployment, evaluation, or oversight; residual uncertainty concerns the exact degree of shared decision power rather than project existence.